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Participant
Interview:
Geoff Lebon
Chemist
University of Washington, Vents Program
Geoff Lebon is a particulate
chemist that assists Principal Investigator (PI), Dick Feely in gathering
the data necessary for the inorganic particle research. He has been on
30 VENTS cruises. Goeff is in charge of the deck operations for the CTD.
Part of his job is to run the mooring operations. When we recovered the
yellow moorings earlier this cruise, Geoff directed their recovery. He
is really pleased that this recovery went so well. Towards the end of
this cruise, Geoff will see that the moorings are released to specific
locations and that the release codes are correctly set.
How do the scientist's
collect water samples on the CTD when it is so deep in the ocean? Goeff
has set up trip wires that are released by a signal from the scientists
in the ship's computer room. When the CTD is back on the deck, Geoff sees
that that small 200-milliliter samples are taken. Then the large nisken
bottles are set in racks where the rest of the water is filtered.
Geoff"s home is in Seattle,
Washington. His degree is in Chemistry from the University of Washington.
Some semesters he teaches at the university. He also fishes off the coast
of Oregon for salmon. He has even had whales sleep beside his boat!
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Geoff removing the water
out of the Niskin bottoles after a CTD deployment.
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